Detmold District

Bad Salzuflen

Historic Post Office, Bad Salzuflen

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Historic Post Office, Bad Salzuflen

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Historic Post Office, Bad Salzuflen

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Location: Bad Salzuflen, Kreis Lippe, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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January 24, 2026

Hiking

The historic post office at the corner of Lange Straße and Steege, directly opposite the Salzhof, is one of the most striking buildings in the city center. The red brick …

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Rüdiger M

March 21, 2025

Hiking

At the corner of Lange Straße and Steege, opposite the Salzhof: "A large, well-structured, and excellently integrated red brick building," praised the state conservator; built in 1927.

The land on which the post office stands is of prime importance: This was once the site of the "pile dwellings," the houses "on the Pohle," deeply anchored on stilts. These houses gave way to Bathhouse 1, an imposing half-timbered structure that replaced the salt baths on the Salzhof, which had burned down in 1856.

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Rüdiger M

March 21, 2025

Hiking

Right next to this building, towards Steege, the saltworks and bathing administration was located for a long time, also in a half-timbered building. The demolition of Bathhouse I and the …

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